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AfC notification: Draft:Stewby's Seafood Shanty has a new comment

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Stewby's Seafood Shanty. Thanks! Valereee (talk) 18:25, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I've responded on the draft's talk page! Tails Wx 21:20, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Henri

On 12 March 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Henri, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Hurricane Henri, a minimal category 1 hurricane, set a rainfall record in New York City's Central Park? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Hurricane Henri. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Hurricane Henri), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

I"m still waiting for both of my DYKs to appear on the main page. They've been approved, but nothing else has happened. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:25, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Well, that sucks. :( I hope it appears quickly and speedily! Don't know why it's stalled and not appearing on the Main Page... Tails Wx 17:20, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Hold up, Blaze, was it approved back in October, or is it just me looking at the wrong DYK nomination? Either ways, it's been sitting there for at least a week, I guess. Tails Wx 01:19, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Nope. You're probably seeing the one I nominated for Need for Speed Unbound which did make it on to the main page. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:00, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

And now it was promoted. :P Splatoon 3, right? There was earlier vandalism on the page, and the promoter was probably unfazed by it! Tails Wx 13:10, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

No...? Both of the ones I nominated (Splatoon 3 and The Crew Motorfest) have been approved. It's just that neither of them have been put in one of the prep areas afaik ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:13, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Nevermind. I just checked and Splatoon 3's has been added to prep area 7. There's a concern about Motorfest's because it's unreleased and all the sources are mostly using the vendor as a source, however the game being unreleased hasn't been an issue before considering Need for Speed Unbound was promoted to the main page before it was released (game released on December 2, 2022, appeared on the main page on October 29, 2022) ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:26, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Great! I agree the unreleasing isn't a big issue, but the sourcing...regardless and nevertheless, you're going to have at least another DYK! Tails Wx 17:42, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

THere's not really much I can do about the sources since the sources can't really do anything but use the vendor as a source since they don't have access to the game and if they do then creating an article about it would violate the NDA you have to sign so they wouldn't really be able to post anything after that. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:51, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, that's unfortunate. I wonder if the Vendor sources might be a key part of the DYK nomination, but, I think there's a reason why there are only Vendors in the article! Tails Wx 18:03, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Well all the sources are reliable, however the information comes from Ubisoft and the vendors because there isn't anywhere else they can get thei nformation without making a bunch of unconfirmed speculations. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:05, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks

I was gone when this happened, so I am grateful that you were there to get rid of it! Thanks, 47.227.95.73 (talk) 19:34, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem! Don't know what they were referring to as "I dare you"... blocking? Start a pie fight? Oh well, we won't know what they were saying! Tails Wx 21:16, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Blocking, it seems. But hey, they did get their wish. Twice, in fact. Pretty angry individual. 47.227.95.73 (talk) 21:36, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Woah! That IP went out of control! At least their edits were suppressed! Tails Wx 21:44, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

On I Sea U wiki page

Hi Tails, the article was send to draft when I was in middle of maintenance code error. All official authentic website links added. It is produced by small production house Lasercat Studio, hence their official group is in social media. However it is networked by big network TRUE 4U, their website announcement added. Official MV in YouTube added, as music videos appears there. Thai news articles speaking of the series added. Made few corrections wherever necessary already.

Could you please check the latest edited version for review. BrightsForever (talk) 19:08, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi, BrightsForever! There seems to be a possibility that the draft can pass WP:NFILM guidelines, but it needs work. First off, I don't think those YouTube sources are needed–I'd remove them. Second, there's lots of formatting issues, the sources need to go after the punctuations, and third, I think there are more reliable sources out there–feel free to add them! Hope this helps! If you need any assistance/questions, feel free to reply! Tails Wx 19:35, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks TailsWx. This helps. As I mentioned it is promoted on small scale by small production house backed by TRUE 4U. However I will correct formatting whenever required. High level coding format- it will be great if an expert assistant. Thanks again for clarifications🙂 BrightsForever (talk) 19:49, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem! If you have trouble with the coding, feel free to ask me! I know how to! :) Tails Wx 20:02, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Made some edits, do let me know if it clears first cut. BrightsForever (talk) 06:28, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Tails Wx, I have resubmitted the article _ I Sea U, following instructions best to my knowledge. Kindly Review the same. BrightsForever (talk) 14:02, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

According to the cite highlighter, there's a lot of red on the draft! This means they are unreliable, and I would like to point out that Facebook is general unreliable, though the official Facebook page of the subject can be used as a primary source! Though there's a lot of them; maybe I'd consider removing some of them, and you can also read WP:FACEBOOK for more details! Tails Wx 04:07, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi Tail Wx thanks for educating me on this. I removed few FB links now. Magazine & reports now contribute more than YT, FB or Tweeter.

As mentioned previously the main production house is of small scale, hence not blue ticket website.

I have hence considered True 4U official network. BrightsForever (talk) 22:30, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

Better! I'll leave this to another reviewer. Thanks for the modification! Tails Wx 13:58, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Question from Hizbullah Karwan (08:56, 27 March 2023)

hello hope you will what i write profile? --Hizbullah Karwan (talk) 08:56, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi! If you are trying to create a userpage (which I doubt, but just an FYI) see WP:USERPAGE. I noticed you've created a draft for yourself or another person. One, if it is for another person, you have to declare a WP:COI, and two, see WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Hope this helps! Tails Wx 15:38, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Willis Reed

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ANI

THanks for the ANI notice (even tho I was already aware). I have ANI on my watchlist (for whatever crazy reason) so as long as I'm watching my watchlist I'mm see if someone makes an ANI post about me. Because this has happened 3 times now I"m just created a userbox for myself (User:Blaze Wolf/Userboxes/User ANI) just so I can see how many times I"ve been sent to ANI. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:18, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

No problem! I do, also have ANI on ny watchlist, but I'm curious: How do you know that someone makes an ANI post regarding you? I think the most reasonable outcome I can think of is that you check the diffs of every single new ANI post, but I'd like to know! And the userbox seems fine, I'll post it on my userpage as well, if someone reports me to ANI, which no one has. And I expect you to be the first to report me! ;) Tails Wx 17:27, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Well in this case I recognized the IP as one I had just been communicating (or I guess talking to a living, breathing, brick wall) about WP:NOTAFORUM and also their links were a purpley color so I knew they were probably creating a post about me. That's usually how i can tell. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:34, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Huh, neat! Does this apply to other cases when you are reported to ANI? Because I'm somewhat doubting it! Tails Wx 17:41, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Well I've only been reported 3 times so far. Second time I wasn't on WIkipedia when it happened, and the first time I don't think I had ANI watchlisted. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:49, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Alright! Well, third time, you were prepared! Tails Wx 18:05, 29 March 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Hurricane Henri

The article Hurricane Henri you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Hurricane Henri for comments about the article, and Talk:Hurricane Henri/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of LunaEatsTuna -- LunaEatsTuna (talk) 18:01, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

👏👏👏 ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 20:07, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Blaze Wolf! Thanks also to LunaEatsTuna for reviewing the article :) Tails Wx 20:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

I second Blaze Wolf. Congrats Tails! I wish I could have the courage to nominate an article for GA, I'm nervous enough when it comes to DYK! Schminnte (talk • contribs) 21:58, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, Schminnte! I'm sure you can overcome your fears of nominating an article, but for me, I can't overcome my fears off of Wikipedia. :( Tails Wx 22:16, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

You are most welcome, Tails Wx! After reading it I found your article really fascinating. ツ LunaEatsTuna (💬)— 18:29, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

LunaEatsTuna, I must thank you again for my first GA! I'm glad you found the article fascinating! Tails Wx 19:55, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

After a lot of work, I've finally nominated Scaramouche (Milhaud) for GA. Fingers crossed! Schminnte (talk • contribs) 16:48, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

So THAT'S what they're talking about in Bohemian Rhapsody. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:54, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Ha, unfortunately not! I believe the song references the stock Scaramouche character. Through my research, the Milhaud piece is actually not linked to the Scaramouche clown, but to the name of a French theatre group. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 17:01, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Wow! I've seen you, Gerda Arendt, and Tim riley improve the article, and it looks in excellent shape! Well done, and good luck on the GA nomination! Tails Wx 17:01, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Gerda and Tim riley were very helpful with providing suggestions, but I'm very proud of the prose I wrote for the article. It's possibly been my biggest project on Wikipedia since my first article. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 17:05, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

I haven't detected any problems with the article, so it looks suited for a successful GA review! Well, it's a prediction, but I am doubting that it will fail! Tails Wx 17:08, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Let's not be too hasty: as they say, don't count your chickens before they've hatched. I am very excited though :) Schminnte (talk • contribs) 17:09, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

I do have chickens, and I will count them before the rooster and hen mate and have chicks :) Tails Wx 17:15, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

pst... pst... ; ) Schminnte (talk • contribs) 13:37, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: 2021 Fort Worth car crash (March 31)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Dan arndt was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit after they have been resolved.

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Question from TommyJamesMcMaster (14:26, 3 April 2023)

Hey Tails WX - I'm trying to create and publish a business page for my friend's business, but it's coming off as self-promotional despite references from other reputable business. Outside of re-reading the guidelines, do you have any specific recommendations? I'd really appreciate any insight.

Thank you! Tommy McMaster

PS - this is actually my first rodeo, so I hope my initial attempt isn't perceived as black-hat, and rather sheer ignorance. --TommyJamesMcMaster (talk) 14:26, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi, TommyJamesMcMaster! First off, if you are paid to create the article or have a conflict of interest, you must declare or disclose it. Otherwise, I have a few suggestions:

• Source 1 seems like it only contains a passing mention, can you replace it with a reliable source that contains significant coverage?
• Source 5 is a YouTube source, which is generally unreliable, can you find a more reliable source?

Also, I sense that the draft is a bit in a promotional tone, I'd change that as well! That's all I gotta say right now! Tails Wx 17:56, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

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March 2023 GOCE drive award

		The Modest Barnstar
		This barnstar is awarded to Tails Wx for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 01:12, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Craig Breedlove

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Hi, do you have a question? Tails Wx 15:59, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

April 4 tornado outbreak

Hello! I just wanted to say that the April 4th tornado outbreak draft (Draft:Tornado outbreak of April 4, 2023)actually lasted until the 5th, and I've made some small improvements.

VisiblityGale (talk) 02:24, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

Hi, VisiblityGale! Thanks for the improvements. However, when I created the draft, I expected it to be a widespread and significant tornado outbreak. However (again), it turned out to be small, but it had significant tornadoes along with it, though it wasn't a big tornado outbreak. The EF3 was significant in Lewistown, Illinois, but the rest of the draft can be redirected/merged to the Tornadoes of 2023#April 4–5. This is mainly due to the CAPE holding on and prevented a large tornado outbreak like March 31. Thanks for the contributions to the draft, though! Tails Wx 18:37, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

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Fan

Hey man! I've seen you around the ITN/C page a bit, and I just wanted to say to keep it up, but I had to ask you a question: Packers AND Bears fan? :P Cheers! Fakescientist8000 00:27, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Haha–long story. I was originally a Bears fan, but my friends continuously asked me to support the Packers. They weren't big-time Bears fans either, and called us Bears fans "bandwagons", and after ~5–6 months, I finally decided it was to change! Tails Wx 00:31, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

I'm a fan of neither of those teams......but please... xD Cheers! Fakescientist8000 01:43, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Joel Taylor (meteorologist) (April 12)

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ITN recognition for Pierre Lacotte

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First sign!

I hereby give you this ink jar and quill!

Thank you very much for signing my signbook! I also appreciate that you think my userpage is cool.

In case you ever run out of ink, or lose your current pen, I here present you an ink jar and quill! Now that's a two in one!

- L'Mainerque - (Disturb my slumber) - 18:14, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks, L'Mainerque! I will proudly use the ink jar and quill you gave me for future signings! Tails Wx 19:13, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Classy! - L'Mainerque - (Disturb my slumber) - 19:19, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Sock on BlazeWolf's talk

Thanks for the revert, I was about to do that myself. I've filed an SPI per Wikipedia:DUCK at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HoveringTurtle. The irony of them accusing Blaze of sockpuppetry, while being a sockpuppet, made me crack up a bit. Schminnte (talk • contribs) 19:27, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Hiya, Schminnte, and no problem! Thanks for figuring out who the sockmaster was and filing a report! And, yeah, the accusation of Blaze of sockpuppetry...hehe! Tails Wx 20:22, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Crazier sock-puppetry things have happened *cough* User:Moops *cough* - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 01:56, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, that was a shock. They're blocked for socking, anyway! Tails Wx 03:13, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

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• You can now see nearby articles on a Kartographer map with the button for the new feature "Show nearby articles". Six wikis have been testing this feature since October. [22][23]
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Thanks

Thanks for helping Wik while I was gone. :) -- Grapefanatic (talk) 12:20, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

No problem, Grapefanatic! Tails Wx 12:25, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Precious

chasing storms

Thank you for quality articles about severe weather, such as Hurricane Henri and January 31 – February 2, 2023, ice storm, for updating and improving others in the field, for great images of storms and places, for organizing donations to weather victims, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2844 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:08, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Wow–thanks so much, Gerda Arendt! I'll be creating and improving more articles, and to donate to more weather victims in the future! Tails Wx 13:18, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

good plans, - I imagine you waving tails energetically ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:23, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Haha–yep! I'll always try to help if an unfortunate destructive tornado hits a town, and assist if needed! Tails Wx 13:26, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorry for your loss

Just saw the edit summary on your userbox and just want to say I hope you are doing okay. -- Grapefanatic (talk) 13:23, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Hiya, which edit are you referring to? Tails Wx 13:25, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:User_likes_Tails_Wx&oldid=1148434502 This one. -- Grapefanatic (talk) 13:28, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Oh. What happened was, one of our lost chickens, a young Rhode Island Red disappeared while being attacked by a predator (a raccoon, most likely), and our fish suffered from poor water conditions, sadly. The Rhode Island Red was acting quite strange prior to that incident, as she actually flew up into one of the high trees, so I had to go and rescue her. Tails Wx 13:32, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Aww poor chicken. And poor fish as well. I can relate to this a little bit, but not here. Will share on Discord. Completely unrelated but I remember that whenever I visit Kauai I always see a whole bunch of wild chickens everywhere just wandering around. Its like they're the island's version of pigeons. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:42, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Y'know, maybe I should try and improve that article. Hmm.... ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:47, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Whether it's the Rhode Island Red or Kauai, both articles equally look a mess! Tails Wx 13:50, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

I was mainly referring to Kauai. I'm not interested in an article on a chicken (though they do taste good). ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:52, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

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